Christian Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire was an influential Scottish landowner and royalist.
Christian Bruce, by Anthony van Dyck
Christian, Lady Cavendish, with her daughter
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire was an English nobleman, courtier, and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1614 until 1626 when he succeeded to the peerage and sat in the House o
Christian Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire
…Elizabeth, the daughter of King James and Anne of Denmark, Christian Bruce was a companion of the Princess at Coombe Abbey from 1604. She married William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire, on 10 April 1608. In token of her father's services to King James I she received a grant of £10,000 upon her marriage. An often-quoted letter from the…
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Christian, Lady Cavendish, with her daughter